Giuseppe Schirò

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Giuseppe Schirò
Native name
Zef Skiroi
Born10 August 1865 (1865-08-10)
Piana degli Albanesi, Italy
Died17 February 1927(1927-02-17) (aged 61)
Naples, Italy
OccupationPoet, linguist, publicist and folklorist
NationalityItalian (Albanian Arbëresh ethnicity)
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Giuseppe Schirò (Arbërisht: Zef Skiroi; 10 August 1865 – 17 February 1927) was an Italian neo-classical poet, linguist, publicist and folklorist of Arbëresh descent. His literary work marked the transition from the Arbëresh language to modern Albanian literature in Italy. He was a major protagonist of the Rilindja, the Albanian cultural awakening or Albanian Renaissance, in Italy.

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